乾 Hexagram 1
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above: Ch'ien / The Creative, Heaven |
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below: Ch'ien / The Creative, Heaven |
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CHANGING LINE:
Nine at the top means:
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When a man seeks to climb so high that he loses touch with the rest of mankind, he becomes isolated, and this necessarily leads to failure. This line warns against titanic aspirations that exceed one's power. A precipitous fall would follow.
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